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Why you should attend

Brought to you by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA), in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation, the Third Southern African Steel and Engineering Indaba:

Is an opportunity for stakeholders to exchange ideas;

Gives industry thought leaders a platform to share and present ideas;

Is a platform for networking and exploring new markets;

Is an opportunity for business leaders to engage with other decision and policy makers in the SADC region;

Provides a critical review of the degree to which political leaders (governments) in South Africa and the region advance or hinder growth;

Is an assessment of the impact on the South African economy of the imposition in 2015 of import tariffs on steel imports to protect the country’s primary steel producers and save jobs;

Is an assessment of the commercial benefits, if any, of South Africa’s memberships of BRICS since 2010;

Ms Philippa Rodseth

Mr Duncan Bonnett

Mr Nico Vermeulen

Mr Roy Mnisi

Mr Mazwi Tunyiswa

Head – Basic Metals & Mining:
Industrial Development Corporation

Professor JP Landman

Visiting Professor:
University of the Free State

WHAT TO EXPECT

Now in its third year, the Third Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba features renowned and high-calibre speakers who include business executives, policy makers, Government ministers and labour leaders.

In the face of persistent poor performance in the metals and engineering sector, the Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba is an excellent opportunity for the dynamic and thought-provoking speakers to share their experience, insight and knowledge.

The year’s Indaba will focus on the following topics, among others:

Political Leadership in Southern Africa: Does it Advance or Hamper Economic Growth?

Ensuring that Manufacturing in Southern Africa Is Internationally Competitive

The Continental Free Trade Area: A Reality Before The End of 2018?

Winning Together: Can Government, Business and Labour Conclude a Social Compact in the interest of Labour Stability and Foreign Investment

The Automotive Production and Development Programme and the South African Metals and Engineering Sector

Do Steel Import Tariffs Benefit or Hurt the South African Economy?

South Africa’s Junk Credit Rating: What do we need to do to regain our sovereign credit investment rating?

These topics have been carefully chosen to tackle the challenges facing manufacturers which have resulted in, among others, the declining contribution of manufacturing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), company liquidations/ closures and job losses.